Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town
Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town
It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in
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I want jail to not be the default setting in this country.
Maybe she's a shitty parent, but that's something that can be worked on. She can be taught. It's not like she's some kind of soulless paycopath going from house to house traumatizing all the kids. There is absolutely no need to lock his person up.
And now that she's locked up, the kid has no parent at all. Does anyone really think this is the best solution?
I wish my people weren't so fucking lazy. Do the work. Figure something else out. Find out how to address this individual's needs without just waving your hand and saying, put her in jail and move on.
For what it's worth, she was "quickly" released on bail (the article doesn't say how quickly), and the prosecution is not seeking further jail time but rather for the mom to sign a "safety plan" (although not signing could indeed lead to a year of jail time).
Your point is correct, but "the kid has no parent at all" isn't (currently) true.
Edit: just saw the body-cam footage of the arrest, and wow, they really didn't seem to care at all about the fact that taking the mom to jail would leave the kids with no one to watch them, despite that ostensibly being the entire reason for the arrest.